Energy 52

Despite its short existence, the group made a huge contribution to the spread of the early 90s trans- movement in Germany.

Back in 1991, the band released several tracks, but later, in 1993, they released their legendary track - Café del Mar, which was bought by Eye Q in 1993 and became one of the most popular hits of the decade and was re-recorded and re-edited at the end 90s, when trance reached the peak of popularity. The track was created by Paul and Harold together, before that they worked on the Eternity and State of Mind 1991 records, but none of them even came close to the success of Café del Mar, which included the tracks of both albums. No one from Energy 52 has ever released any tracks like Café del Mar.

The composition was inspired by the work of “Struggle for Pleasure” by Wim Mertens in Ibiza Sunset Cafe, Cafe Del Mar - Paul is inspired by the energetic part of this track's piano.

Returning to Germany, Paul and Harold began recording this song for the dance floor - the legendary Café Del Mar was born. The name of the track refers us to the legendary Café del Mar-resort town on the coast of the island of Ibiza, famous for its unique atmosphere and annually produced collections of music. Café del Mar has become the most hit trance track in the world. His remixes appeared in hundreds of albums. In April 2011, the track took the first place in the rating of the Top 20 dance tracks of the last twenty years on BBC Radio 1.

Paul I. Schmitz Murman is a German DJ and trance and acid house musician.

Paul was born in 1975 in Berlin. In 1981 he appeared in the clip of the rock band Spliff - "Herzlichen Glückwunsch". In 1993, he began to break dance, and for some time he took classical piano lessons. At 13, under the name Kid Paul, he released Acid in my House from Brian Carter Music. In 1995, he quit his DJ career and founded ISM Production.

Harold Bluchel (born February 19, 1963) is a German electronic musician who is better known by his pseudonym Cosmic Baby.

Bluchel is also well known for his participation, in addition to Energy 52, in the project of The Visions of Shiva with Paul van Dyke. Bluchel was born in Nuremberg, Germany. At the age of 6, Bluchel began attending classical piano classes. A year later, he began studying at the Music College in Nuremberg. His favorite composers were Bela Bartok and Stravinsky. In 1976, he began to show interest in playing the synthesizer. At that time, he was keen on bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Bluchel continued to study music. In 1986, he moved to West Berlin and entered the Berlin Institute of Technology to study audio technology, and also entered the Berlin University of the Arts. Living in Berlin, he will meet Kid Paul. In 1988 he began to compose techno and house. In 1991, Bluchel for the first time acted as a “Cosmic Baby” live. In the same year he signed a contract with MFS, and also released his first album Stellar Supreme in 1992. Also in 1992, paired with Paul van Dyke on the project “The Visions of Shiva” released two records, Perfect Day (1992) and How Much Can You Take? (1993).

Somewhat later, the two went their separate ways.

In late 1993, Bluchel left MFS and signed a contract with Logic Records, a label owned by BMG. In April 1994, he released his second album. Later he also created a soundtrack for Futura. This soundtrack was released under the name Cosmic Inc. in 1995. Another soundtrack, Musik zu Andorra, based on a play by Max Frisch, appeared in 1997. The third full-length album, Fourteen Pieces, was released in 1996, the fourth album followed in 1999. In the late 1990s, Bluchel acts as a DJ in the United States, Mexico and other countries of the world. Bluchel later began working with Christopher von Dalen. Together they released two albums in 2004: Bi Polar and Mare Stellaris. After that, Bluchel began to produce works under his real name, more directed towards ambient, more minimalist and experimental than his works as Cosmic Baby. Albums that appeared in subsequent years were part of the trilogy "Zauberberg" ("Magic Mountain"). Meanwhile, Bluchel still returned to work as Cosmic Baby with the release of the album Industrie und Melodie in late 2006.